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Beringea achieves 3x return from APM Healthcare exit

Growth capital investor Beringea has exited its investment in APM Healthcare through the sale of business to national pharmacy chain, Day Lewis Pharmacy.  Day Lewis will take over APM Healthcare’s 18 UK pharmacies, which it runs in Joint Venture Partnerships with GP Practices across the country.   Trading under the

Inverness Graham acquires SwipeClock

Inverness Graham has acquired SwipeClock, a provider of cloud-based integrated workforce management software solutions that include automated time and attendance and advanced scheduling.   The Company’s products, which include TimeWorksPlus, TimeSimplicity, and TimeWorksTouch Intelligent Clock, are sold through over 850 partners to more than 26,000 businesses.    “We are excited

Investcorp sells Esmalglass

Investcorp has agreed the sale of Esmalglass to global private equity firm Lone Star Fund X for an enterprise value of EUR605 million. Established in 1978 in Villareal, Spain, Esmalglass is a producer of ceramic colours and glazes with total sales of circa EUR400m in 2016. Esmalglass supplies a wide

Petainer Group secures new growth funding

The Petainer Group has secures EUR10 million in growth funding investment from Next Wave Partners to support a substantial increase in customer demand for the company’s PetainerKeg – a plastic alternative to traditional steel beer kegs. Commenting on the investment, Nigel Pritchard, Group Chief Executive of Petainer, says: “This funding

Quark acquired by Parallax Capital Partners

Quark Software has been acquired by Parallax Capital Partners, LLC (Parallax), a Southern California-based software-focused private equity firm. The new owners intend to help Quark accelerate the adoption of its transformational content automation solutions through investment in organic growth and acquisitions.

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Arma Partners advises Carlyle on the sale of BTI Studios to Altor

Arma Partners has acted as exclusive financial advisor to The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) on the sale of its portfolio company BTI Studios to Altor. Founded in 1995, BTI Studios is a global localisation company providing dubbing, subtitling, access services and media solutions across multiple languages to a diverse international

Paul Hastings advises CVC Credit Partners on USD600m risk retention capital raise

Paul Hastings has advised CVC Credit Partners on the structuring and establishment of CVC Credit Partners Global CLO Management Limited, providing CVC Credit with risk retention capital for its global CLO business. The investment entity, CVC Credit Partners Global CLO Management Limited, reached its final close in June at the

Foresight generates 2x return from Blackstar exit

Foresight Group (Foresight) has successfully exited its investment in Blackstar Amplification Limited (Blackstar), a Northampton-based designer and manufacturer of innovative guitar amplifiers and effects pedals, following a management buyout. The transaction generated a circa 2x return for Foresight.   Foresight originally invested GBP3.5 million in 2012 to provide growth capital

Poq bags a further GBP3.5 million to extend its reach among enterprise retailers

App commerce company Poq has secured GBP3.5 million in its latest funding round, led by growth capital investor Beringea with additional funding from Meyer Bergman and Barclays. This round brings the total amount raised by Poq so far to GBP7 million. Poq provides a Software-as-a-Service platform (SaaS) for iOS and

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